Salford City 1-2 Accrington Stanley: result and report

League Two · Friday 18 April 2025

Result

Salford City 1-2 Accrington Stanley

League Two · Friday 18 April 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Salford City · Accrington Stanley · League Two predictions

Salford City 1-2 Accrington Stanley: match report

Salford City lost to Accrington Stanley 1-2 in the League Two on Friday 18 April 2025. The half-time score was 0-1.

Shaun Whalley opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Salford City's goal came from Hakeeb Adelakun (70', penalty). Accrington Stanley scored through Shaun Whalley (36') and Benjamin Woods (62').

Discipline: Salford City received 3 yellow cards; Accrington Stanley received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Salford City were 10th on 62 points from 42 and Accrington Stanley 22nd on 43 points from 42. Salford City went on to finish that season 8th with 69 points, and Accrington Stanley 21st with 50.

Salford City lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Accrington Stanley in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Woods of Accrington Stanley (8.1), ahead of Shaun Whalley (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Salford City win, 0 draws and 2 for Accrington Stanley.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · Tyler WaltonAccrington Stanley
  • 36'Goal · Shaun WhalleyAccrington Stanley · 0-1
  • 61'Yellow card · Haji MnogaSalford City
  • 62'Goal · Benjamin WoodsAccrington Stanley · 0-2
  • 70'Penalty goal · Hakeeb AdelakunSalford City · 1-2
  • 74'Yellow card · Kelly N'MaiSalford City
  • 83'Yellow card · Ossama AshleySalford City
  • 87'Yellow card · Shaun WhalleyAccrington Stanley
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Michael KellyAccrington Stanley

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Salford City 1, draws 0, Accrington Stanley 2.

Team news

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Salford City line-up (3-4-1-2)

Matty Young, Haji Mnoga, Tom Edwards, Luke Garbutt, Rosaire Longelo, Ossama Ashley, Tyrese Fornah, Hakeeb Adelakun, Ben Woodburn, Kelly N'Mai, Cole Stockton

Accrington Stanley line-up (3-4-1-2)

Michael Kelly, Sonny Aljofree, Devon Matthews, Benn Ward, Donald Love, Liam Coyle, Conor Grant, Ben Woods, Shaun Whalley, Tyler Walton, Josh Woods